In more bad news for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), an Income Tax Department probe has revealed that Mayawati's brother and party vice-president Anand Kumar may have acquired benami property up to Rs 3,000 crore.

I-T officials will soon quiz SK Jain, a Delhi-based businessman in this connection.

Sources in the I-T department said Jain has played a major role in Kumar acquiring benami properties. The department had carried out extensive surveys at Kumar's properties on April 6.

Mayawati's brother and party vice-president Anand Kumar is beeing probed over benami property up to Rs 3,000 crore

Post the search and investigations, it was revealed that Jain, who has already been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its crackdown on bogus companies, had provided accommodation entries to Kumar to allegedly help him acquire benami assets.

At least three valuable properties on the posh Sardar Patel Marg have been reportedly acquired by the BSP vice-president through benami channels.

Naveen Infra Developers and Engineers is also being probed. These companies are suspected to have been used to provide accommodation entries. According to the investigations, Kumar has acquired Tamanna Developers Pvt. Ltd., which had earlier provided entries to him for facilitating acquisition of benami property.

At present, Jain is in judicial custody after the ED arrested him in another case. In March this year, the ED arrested Jain and his brother in connection with its probe in a Rs 8,000 crore money laundering racket.